Conker's Bad Fur Day
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| System | Nintendo 64 |
| Release Date | North America March 4, 2001 Europe April 6, 2001 Australia March 27, 2001 |
| Publisher | Rare |
| Genre | Adventure; Platforming |
| Rating | ESRB M |
| Players | 1-4 |
| Controller Pak | Nintendo 64 controller |
| Rumble | Yes |
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Conkers Bad Fur Day is a 3D platforming game for the Nintendo 64 by Rare. It is Rare's first "M" rated game for any console. Conker is now a cult classic amougst N64 fans, even though it sold poorly because it was published near the end of the N64's life. The game has since been remade as Conker: Live and Reloaded on the Xbox.
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Development
Conker's Bad Fur Day was originally titled Conker's Quest, which was later retitled Twelve Tales: Conker 64. Early screenshots suggested the game would feature cute characters and colorful settings. Rare had a long history of making games of this sort, such as Banjo-Kazooie and Diddy Kong Racing. However, Rare started to fear that the game would simply get lost in the platforming crowd, and critical mockery of "yet another cute platformer" caused the original game to be drastically overhauled.
Once Rare annouced that the newly redone Conker would be more adult-oriented than anything else they've done, many did not believe it. Chris Seavor, inspired by the likes of South Park, redid much of the game's art and overall attidude in a adult manner. Seaver voiced Conker, along with all the male characters in the game (except the Great Mighty Poo, who was voiced by Chris Marlow). Louise Ridgeway voiced all the female characters in the game.
The game was different from the Banjo series and Donkey Kong 64, Rare's previous N64 games, in relying far less on collecting a variety of items. When items were needed to further the game's story, they were not scattered about; instead, they were nearby. This is a large contrast to Rare's usual antics of hiding out things like money and new moves in various locations. Moves were also simplified by having 'context sensitive' buttons, having them easily understandable to any user.
Controversy
Being that the game is rated M, on a Nintendo console, and made by a part of Nintendo made it a subject of controversial matter. Nintendo, known for its family-friendly games like Mario and Zelda, has never produced an M rated game in-house. CBFD's box is a notable sign at Nintendo's worries on the game: the "M" is larger than any other game box has, and a warning detailing that anyone below 17 is not meant to play it. The ESRB system was still relatively new, and Nintendo was worried that parents may pick the game up because it had furry animals on the box.
Advertisements for BFD were featured in magazines such as Playboy and television commericals only aired late at night. Because of this, the game sold in low quanities as the advertising barely got word out of the game. And with that, Nintendo was losing faith in Rare and sold most of their shares up until the Microsoft buyout of Rare.
Chapters
Chapter 1: Hung Over
-scaredy birdy -pan handled -gargoyle
Chapter 2: Windy
-mrs bee -poo cabin -pruned -yee haa! -sewage sucks
Chapter 3: Barn Boys
-marvin -mad pitchfork -sunny days -barry + co -buff you
Chapter 4: Bats Tower
-Mrs catfish -barry's mate -cog's revenge -the combination -blast doors
Chapter 5: Sloprano
-corn off the cob -sweet melody -u-bend blues -the bluff
Chapter 6: Uga Buga
-drunken gits -sacrifice -phlegm -worship -rock solid
Chapter 7: Spooky
-mr death -count batula -zombies -my barrel
Chapter 8: It's War
-its war -powers off -tnt -the assualt -sole survivor -casualty dept -saving private rodent -chemical warfare -the tower -little girl -the experiement -countdown -peace at last!
Chapter 9: The Heist
-the windmill's dead -enter the vertex -the vault -end cutscene
Characters
Conker - A red squirrel who was also seen in Diddy Kong Racing. Conker is the main protagonist int he game,, who seems to have a bad habit of turning up in the wrong place at the wrong time, all he wants is to go home....
Berri - Conkers girlfriend, in this game, she makes a drastic appearence change from the previous conker installment, Conkers Pocket Tales. She is kidnapped at the start of the game and rescued by Conker, only to be killed by Don Weasel at the end.
Panther King - The evil ruler of Windy, who happens to have a broken stool. This infuriates him as he can't put his milk on it. However his scientist came up with a wonderful solution, if the broken leg is held up by something squirrel sized, it'll be fine.....
Ze Scientist - An evil scientist, who works for the Panther King, he invented Zero Gravity Chocolate and the Tediz army. He is a reference to Dr Strangeglove
Frankie - Frankie is a Pitchfork whose only friends are a paintpot and bapintbrush, who hate him. After failing to kill Conker, he goes to hang himself, before realising, he doesn't have an oesopahgus. Conker helps him and together, they fight the robot in the basement
Birdy - A scarecrow, who helps Conker get sober when they first meet. After the strange encounter, he tells him about Context sensitive. He crops up later again to help Conker.
Gregg The Grim Reaper - Gregg is first met when you die. He tells Conker that he can avoid death, if he collects Squirrel tails, then goes on about how much he hates cats, because they've got nine lives.
Parodies
A lot of Gameplay and the movies are parodies of films and video games, they include
The Terminator - The robot boss comes complete with an Arnie esque Austrian Accent.
Reservoir Dogs - The weasels in the multiplayer mode heist are Mr Red, Mr Blue, Mr Green and Mr Yellow.
Dracula - There is a vampire character who is very similar to Dracula.
The Wizard Of Oz - The main area of Windy has a Yellow Brick Road, plus there's a helpful scarecrow.
The Untouchables,
The Excorsist,
Star Wars,
Apocylapse Now,
A Clockwork Orange - The Opening scene with Conker and his milk.
Blue Velvet - The "Do you want to go for a ride" scen is mimicked.
Alien The panther kings alter-ego is a exact copy of the alien, also Conker has a similar space suit.
Full Metal Jacket.
The Matrix - The entire bank lobby level is a parody of the famous lobby scene.
Monty Phython and The Holy Grail - One character proclaims he's not dead and is "Getting better".
Scarface - Conker says "Say hello to my little friend,".
Jaws A vicious Dogfish rips apart catfish similar to Jaws, then chases conker as he runs along a pier, destroying it similar to Jaws.
Saving Private Ryan - The beach scene is an exact replica of the opening of the film, but with squirrels and cartoon gore.
Super Mario 64 - The Final boss is killed in a similar way to Bowser.
Cheats
- WELDERSBENCH Unlock All Chapters
- CLAMPIRATE Unlock Bats Tower chapter
- BEELZEBUBSBUM Unlock It's War chapter
- MONKEYSCHIN Unlock Uga Buga chapter
- PRINCEALBERT Unlocks Barn Boys chapter
- CHOCOLATESTARFISH Unlocks Heist chapter
- ANCHOVYBAY Unlocks Slopranos chapter
- SPANIELSEARS Unlocks Spooky chapter
- BOVRILBULLETHOLE 50 Lives
- SPUNKJOCKEY Matrix-style sword deaths
- DRACULASTEABAGS Use baseball bat instead of stick in Race multiplayer mode
- DUTCHOVENS Use frying pan instead of stick in RACE multiplayer mode
- EATBOX Play as Caveman in multi-player mode
- WELLYTOP Play as Conker in multiplayer
- EASTEREGGSRUS Play as Neo Conker in multiplayer
- RUSTYSHERIFFSBADGE Play as Sergeant and Tedi Leader in multiplayer
- CHINDITVICTORY Play as Weasel Henchmen in multiplayer
- BEEFCURTAINS Play as Zombies and Villagers in multiplayer
- BILLYMILLROUNDABOUT Unlock Gregg in multiplayer
- WELDERSBENCH Unlock All Chapters
- CLAMPIRATE Unlock Bats Tower chapter
- BEELZEBUBSBUM Unlock It's War chapter
- MONKEYSCHIN Unlock Uga Buga chapter
- PRINCEALBERT Unlocks Barn Boys chapter
- CHOCOLATESTARFISH Unlocks Heist chapter
- ANCHOVYBAY Unlocks Slopranos chapter
- SPANIELSEARS Unlocks Spooky chapter
